MBAS basically runs 2 network environments:
- Windows Server environment with Active Directory and Group policy
- Macintosh Server
Active Directory allows you to work with your personal settings and have all your data available on every computer you logon to.
MACs can access the windows environment and the MAC server to retrieve certain Macintosh related settings.
In order to work with your own data we need to identify you on the Windows server so the personal folder on mb-dc2 (for students) can be linked and
displayed on your dock - folder with your logon on the bottom right of the screen... (see picture below).
MAC provides a 'bullet' on the logon box that shows the server connection by using colors - by clicking on the 'engraved' writing under MAC OS-X (on the logon box)
you can find out the
- computer name
- build version
- Serial number
- IP address
- and... network status
red bullet (Network accounts unavailable)
orange bullet (Some network accounts available)
GREEN (network accounts available)
After switching on the MAC it usually takes a moment to connect to all the networks - so a change from red over orange to green color is normal!
Only if 'Network accounts available' is displayed the homefolder is availabe and work can be saved and retrieved from the Windows server!
